Parsons is traded to Green Bay for Kenny Clark and two first-round picks, shifting the Cowboys’ season outlook from a premier edge to a priority on stopping the run. Dallas leans into interior beef, hoping to stabilize a leaky run defense while hoping their draft crack at DTs pays off.

Clark’s arrival pairs with a young Cowboys interior group to form a run-stopping front, while Mazi Smith remains under the microscope as the draft-pedigreed space-filler. The swap underscores a broader rebuild ethos in Dallas, compressing the window four years of Dak Prescott and staff are under contract into a real push for a more balanced defense.